Tag Archives: alabama

Related News: Convicted child abuser gets maximum sentence

Posted on by
Reply

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Troy Messenger published an article titled Convicted child abuser gets maximum sentence.

A man who subjected a child to inappropriate contact for two years has been sentenced to 10 years for the crime.

“We were very pleased with the sentence,” said Assistant District Attorney Josh Wilson, prosecutor for the trial and the sentencing. “In fact, that was what the we had asked for.”

A jury found Lawrence Lewis Jr. guilty of sexual abuse last month. Pike County Circuit Judge Thomas Head could have sentenced Lewis to as little as a year and a day for the class c felony.

Source: Troy Messenger

Related News: Huntsville man, Decatur mother and daughter among 4 charged in Internet prostitution detail

Posted on by
Reply

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Huntsville man, Decatur mother and daughter among 4 charged in Internet prostitution detail.

Police officers from Huntsville and other jurisdictions have been investigating this operation, which used online tactics to solicit prostitution to individuals and businesses among areas of north Alabama. Dewaun Cartral Stephens, 34, of Huntsville was a particular target for Huntsville police. He is charged with two counts of first-degree human trafficking and is in the Madison County Jail on a $100,000 bond. Also arrested were Tammie Denise Garner, 53, of Oakman and Tiffany Lee Meck, 24, of Decatur. Both are charged with soliciting prostitution. Meck’s mother, 43-year-old Geneva Elaine Meck, is charged with aiding and abetting prostitution for allegedly providing means for her daughter’s solicitation.

Source: AL.com

Related News: 12 NEWS DEFENDERS: Experts warn digital abuse growing

Posted on by
Reply

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled 12 NEWS DEFENDERS: Experts warn digital abuse growing.

It’s new. It’s increasing and it can be dangerous.

Experts are warning of a growing form of domestic violence they call “digital abuse”. It’s when one partner uses technology to control and intimidate their significant other. Mental health professionals say it’s such a new problem you could even be in a digitally abusive relationship and not realize it.

​The constant calls, the threatening texts, brittny says her ex-boyfriend’s electronic communication was relentless.

“I was always fearful of not answering my phone when he called and not responding to his text messages.”

After months of high-tech harassment, brittny says she realized she was a victim of “digital domestic abuse” a new problem Psychiatrist Gail Saltz says is growing.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Man faces charges for soliciting, obscene material

Posted on by
Reply

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Andalusia Star News published an article titled Man faces charges for soliciting, obscene material.

A Rose Hill resident is facing charges in two counts of electronically soliciting a minor and transmitting obscene material after law enforcement officers from Covington and Henry counties arrested him Friday.

Source: Andalusia Star News

Related News: Convicted sex offender caught with his pants down outside Pinson grocery store

Posted on by
Reply

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Convicted sex offender caught with his pants down outside Pinson grocery store.

A convicted sex offender is back in jail after authorities say he exposed himself to customers in the parking lot of a Pinson grocery store.

On May 2, Jefferson County sheriff’s officials received reports of a man exposing himself outside of Food Giant on Alabama 75. Three days later, on May 5, the same man was seen inside the grocery store with a small child, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Headland man charged with child solicitation

Posted on by
Reply

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Dothan Eagle published an article titled Headland man charged with child solicitation.

Hartford police recently arrested a Headland man on child solicitation charges.

Hartford Police Chief Annie Ward said police arrested 33-year-old Fernando Carrazco-Casillas on Monday and charged him with felony traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act and felony electronic solicitation of a child for an unlawful sex act.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Prosecution: Suspect brought teen girl to Dothan for prostitution services

Posted on by
Reply

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Dothan Eagle published an article titled Prosecution: Suspect brought teen girl to Dothan for prostitution services.

“There is overwhelming evidence in this case that this man brought a 17-year-old to Dothan, Alabama, to be a prostitute,” Smith said. “His business is selling young women on backpage.com. He is a pimp.”

Dothan police arrested Alonso in August 2013 and charged him with human trafficking, distribution of drugs to a minor and felony first-degree possession of marijuana.

Jurors were expected to begin their deliberations Thursday morning in front of Circuit Court Judge Butch Binford.

According to Alabama law, a person commits the crime of human trafficking if he or she “knowingly recruits, entices, solicits, induces, harbors, transports, holds, restrains, provides, maintains, subjects, or obtains by any means another person for the purpose of labor servitude or sexual servitude.”

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Health care executive charged with soliciting child in Geneva Co.

Posted on by
Reply

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Health care executive charged with soliciting child in Geneva Co.

An Atlanta healthcare executive was arrested last week and charged with soliciting a child for sex in Geneva County.

Michael Lee Graue, 58, is charged with electronic solicitation of a child. He was arrested Friday in the parking lot of Mom’s Kitchen in the town of Hartford.

Source: WSFA

Related News: WSFA 12 special report: Student-teacher relationships

Posted on by
Reply

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled WSFA 12 special report: Student-teacher relationships.

Approximately 431 teachers were arrested in the southeast from 2007 to 2011 for sexual misconduct according to a study in the “Journal of Childhood Sexual Abuse”.

Here in Alabama, nearly 70 teachers have been accused of inappropriate actions with a student in the last two years with more than half of those in the last ten months.

Last month, a Selma teacher, LaTangela Wiliams, pleaded guilty to having sex with students. Anthony Ray Staten Jr., a substitute teacher at Alabama Christian Academy, was charged with having sexual contact with a student. Then a Southlawn Middle School teacher was charged with indecent exposure.

The most recent case came Friday when police charged a north Alabama soccer coach, David Jacobs Barrow, with sexual abuse and Human Trafficking.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Sex offenders charged

Posted on by
Reply

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Troy Messenger published an article titled Sex offenders charged.

Seven local sex offenders are back behind bars after being caught in violation of adult sex offender registration laws.

Pike County Sheriff Russell Thomas said the sting was the result of joint efforts between his office, Troy Police Department, the Alabama Bureau of Investigations and U.S. Marshals Service.

“The team verified that the registered sex offenders were living in compliance,” said Thomas. “We checked all 89 sex offenders’ residences and got seven warrants issued.”

Source: Troy Messenger